Brains in briefs

Neuroscience, stripped down.

Brains in Briefs brings you short, digestible summaries of the latest published neuroscience research by graduate students from the University of Pennsylvania. We explain the key points of our findings and why neuroscience research is important. Browse the different sections and read what we're learning about the brain!

or, technically,Lysosomal alkalization and dysfunction in human fibroblasts with the Alzheimer’s disease-linked presenilin 1 A246E mutation can be reversed with cAMP [See the original abstract on PubMed]

or, technically,The regulation of autophagosome dynamics by huntingtin and HAP1 is disrupted by expression of mutant huntingtin, leading to defective cargo degradation. [See the original abstract on PubMed]